07-21-2019, 03:18 AM
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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge
A couple of questions and notations from glinda’s Star-Advertiser link on the previous page:
For some, it’s not just a political issue. It’s spiritual for Kealoha Pisciotta, who’s long fought the telescope.
“The problem is being Hawaiian today is a political statement,” she said. “We have to take political action to practice religion.”
Is that true? How are Hawaiians unable to practice their religion? No aspect of Hawaiian religious or cultural ceremonies that I know of are currently banned or repressed as was the case after 1819.
“We protected and saved Kahoolawe from the United States military,” Ritte said. “Now we have to save and protect the rest of our islands.”
How did actions over the bombing of Kahoolawe affect the life of the average Native Hawaiian? Did it evolve into housing and jobs and self determination? I supported the efforts that stopped the bombing on Kahoolawe, as did most living on Maui at the time including the wealthy beachfront property owners in Kihei and Wailea who were instrumental in getting it to stop. They didn’t enjoy sitting in their back yards as jet planes flew overhead and dropped bombs on the island a few miles away, well within range of both sight and sound.
If past is prologue, if the TMT is stopped will the long term effects be any different than in the aftermath of the Kahoolawe bombing halt?
If the actions over Kahoolawe were part of an effort to “save and protect the rest of our islands” as Walter Ritte said, how does that compare with previous military events across the islands?
108 Battles - Big Island only
http://www.hawaiianwarfare.com/pages/bat...strict.php
1. They were going to close the Mauna.
2. To Hawaiians the land is a part of them. The stopping if the bombing want a means to an end it was the end itself.